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Wednesday Results

Boys:

Clinton 50

Norris 27

SMMS 43

Jacksboro 30

Girls:

LaFollette 43

Norris 30

Horace Maynard (maynardville Middle) will play LaFollette boys and the game can be heard at www.ihigh.com click broadcast network

Tuesday Night live at 8:15 or later as an archive

Results Tuesday 1-31

Boys

Jefferson 43

Robertsville 33

Horace Maynard 42

LaFollette 26

Girls

Clinton 26

Jacksboro 16

Solders Memorial 58

Lake City 40

TMSAA is not ready to "require" middle schools to ALL follow exact rules. Many counties set rules for their middle schools and expect them to follow those local rules.

Yes it would be nice but just not as easy as it sounds.

I see nothing wrong with schools in a district making their own decisions when it comes to tournaments and seedings. What works well in Campbell/Anderson/Union/Claiborne may not work as well in Morgan and Scott etc.

Boys Results

(9) LaFollette 41

(8) Lake City 30

Girls Results

(8) Lake City 36

(9) Horace Maynard 15

(3) Jefferson 35

(6) Robertsville 29

Some do and some do not. In East Tennessee Area 2 coaches meet each year and set rules to play by. This year each was required to play everyone on etime. Most play twice but only the first meeting counted toward seedings.

Other Areas do it differently.

How are the teams chosen for the TMSAA area tournaments? I know that the teams have to be official members of the TMSAA, but what's the qualification process to make one of the tournaments? Are only conference/league winners selected? Are there at-large teams?

 

Just a bored and curious sports fan trying to increase his knowledge.

TMSAA assigns member schools to Areas (same as high school districts). Every member school may take part in "Area Tournaments". The top three schools in each Area (in East TN) advance to the sectional tournament. There are three sectionals, East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee. Unlike the end of season invitational tournaments (TNT, etc.) You must "win your way" into the sectionals. Most middle schools in Tennessee are member schools now, however there are several who have yet to join.

East Tennessee Sectonal is always in Pigeon Forge, West Tennessee is always in Jackson, while Middle Tennessee is in different different places from year to year.

Monday Schedule:

5:00 (8)Girls Lake City vs (9) HMMS (Horace Maynard)

6:15 (8)Boys Lake City vs. (9) LaFollette

7:30 (3) Girls Jefferson vs. (6) Robertsville

Tuesday Schedule

4:30 Boys (3) Jefferson vs (6) Robertsville

5:45 Girls (2) Clinton vs Jacksboro

7:00 Girls (1) SMMS vs winner of HMMS/Lake City

8:15 Boys (1) Moarce Maynard vs. winner LaFollette/Lake City

Wednesday Schedule

5:00 Boys (2) Clinton vs (7) Norris

6:15 Girls (4) LaFollette vs. (5) Norris

7:30 Boys (4) Jacksboro vs (5) SMMS

Teams this year were seeded based on each team playing one another one time in regular season. Several schools play twice but only the first meeting counted toward seeding.

Tournament get underway Monday Jan. 30th at Union Co. High with three games on Monday, 4 games on Tuesday, three Wednesday, 4 on Thursday, off Friday and 4 games on Saturday starting at 3:30

Boys

1. Horace Maynard

2. Clinton

3. Jefferson

4 .Jacksboro

5. SMMS (Solders Memorial)

6. Robertsville

7. Norris

8. LaKe City

9. LaFollette

Union County 14-6, goes "out of district" to play rivil Washburn and broadcast can be heard at

www.ihigh.com

Network broadcasts

Union County vs. Pigeon Forge can be heard live or later as an archive by connecting at www.ihigh.com click broadcast network.

Tonight (Jan 10), 7:50 listen to internet broadcast of Union Co. vs Oneida at

www.ihigh.com

Click network broadcast

Listen live ot later as an archive to all Home Union County basketball games by going to www.ihigh.com and click broadcast network for the listings.

You may also visit the Union County High Athletic page for a quick link to both live and archived games at www.ucps.org/uchs/athletics.htm

Middle School principals/athletic directors are encouraged to attend the TSSAA Athletic Director Conference in Nashville April 4/5/6 @Opreyland Hotel. Tuesday morning during TMSAA meeting the State committee will ask for input on the pros and cons of classification as set by the TMSAA State Committee.

Championships:

Girls: LaFollette vs. Blountville (I think)

Boys: LaFollette vs. Jefferson

Schedule for Semis (by my bracket)

5:00 Boys: LaFollette vs. John Sevier

6:15: Boys: Jefferson vs Vance

7:30:Girls: LaFollette vs Clinton

8:45: Girls: Swetwater vs Blountville

Coach, you are a class act, and it could not have been said better.!

God Bless...

I can see both sides of it. They may feel that since they follow the same "basic rules" there is no need to join. Of the $300 (cost to join) $200 goes to pay for catastrophic insurance for players. You only have a very few basketball players apply for this but the insurance covers travel to and from as well as playing the game. Aside from safty and peace of mind, it allows for your best to compete for an area wide championship.

It does extend the season, but for only three teams, and then maybe three games for one team, that is if you go to championship game. It does not extend season for everyone.

I did hear it was going to be looked at by Knox. We will see.

Actually Knox County Schools are not member schools of TMSAA by their (central office) choice. If they were to join, ($300 membership per school) they would/could be a part of the tournament. As a member of TMSAA state committee we could work with them to form an Area just for those schools so they could retain their "format" of a county tournament....and their top three move on. This is what we did for Sevier County.

Only member schools may take part in TMSAA events....We also have a nice track championship event in spring.

Final Results:

3rd place girls

LaFollette 44 - SMMS 31

3rd place boys

Norris 47 - Jacksboro 37

Champion Girls

Jefferson 46- Clinton 31

Champion Boys

Jefferson 37 - LaFollette 35

Boys

LaFollette will host "sub-sectional" third place from Area 4

Norris will travel to Area 4 second

Girls

Clinton will host Area 4 third

LaFollette will travel to Area 4 second

Results from Friday:

Girls

Jefferson 45 - LaFollette 25

Clinton 47- SMMS 32

Boys

LaFollette 40 - Norris 38

Jefferson 58 - Jacksboro 3

Schedule for Saturday

3:00 Girls 3rd place LaFollette vs SMMS

4:30 Boys 3rd place Jacksboro vs Norris

6:00 Girls Championship: Jefferson vs. Clinton

7:30 Boys Championship: LaFollette vs. Jefferson

All "Regular Season" ALL Conference (Recognized)

Team Awards

ALL Area 2 Tournament Awards

*Note that because of a delay in Area 4 Tournament, again because of school closure due to illness, the Subsectional play will not begin until next Sat. (Feb 12)

I am not sure why you have received complaints, but I have only been reading the TMSAA tournament info. There must be things other places.

I also will thank you for allowing TMSAA tournament postings as it follows the high school "format" and there is a need for us to follow other districts (Areas) progress. This much easier than the old method.

Sorry, if there were postings that were of "bad taste".

Thursday Results:

Boys

LaFollette 49 - Maynardville 40

Jefferson 61- Clinton 23

Girls

SMMS 53 - Jacksboro 44

Jefferson 41- Norwood 13

Friday Schedule

4:00 Girls LaFollette vs Jefferson

5:30 Boys LaFollette vs Norris

7:00 Girls SMMS vs Clinton

8:30 Boys Jefferson vs Jacksboro

Winners play Saturday for championship

Losers play for third place

Sat. Schedule

3:00 Girls third place

4:30 Boys third place

6:00 Girls championship

7:30 Boys championship

Although Blount Co is out due to illness as it stands now (noon Thurs) the tournament will begin tonight (Thurs)

Thursday Schedule

Girls

4:00 Jefferson vs Norwood

Boys

5:30 LaFollette vs Maynardville

Girls

7:00 Jacksboro vs SMMS (Tazewell)

Boys

8:30 Clinton vs Jefferson